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If it has something to do with the things you find irrational, please post it here!enHamuROOKis' Irrational Precepts finalized!http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/the_rational_response_squad_radio_show/hamurookis_irrational_precepts/63
<p><p>Originally this wasn't going to be announced until March 1st but ChaosLord did such a good job providing us with 7 of the <span style="font-style:italic">Irrational Precepts</span>, that we decided to announce this early. All <span style="font-style:italic">Irrational Precepts</span> will be featured individually in a one hour show. If you think something on the list is rational, please start a thread about it!</p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:15px">HamuROOKis Irrational Precepts</span></b><br><br />
(all of these precepts will be featured individually in a one hour show)<br />
1. Theism<br><br />
2. Creation Science<br><br />
3. Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell<br><br />
4. Religious terrorism/fundamentalism/born again Christianity<br><br />
5. <a href="http://www.rationalresponders.com/modules.php?name=Content&amp;pa=showpage&amp;pid=5">Agnostic is not a position between belief(theist) and non belief(atheist).</a><br><br />
6. Belief in psychics/paranormal/supernatural claims<br><br />
7. Belief that America is a Christian Nation<br><br />
8. Saying evolution is &quot;just a theory, not a fact.&quot;<br><br />
9. The claim that science is dogmatic<br><br />
10. Denial of the Holocaust (claiming it didn't happen)<br><br />
11. Logicians use logic to limit peoples thought<br><br />
12. The claim that the bible is a good source for morality<br><br />
13. The claim that mystical experiences can give us knowledge.<br></p>
</p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/the_rational_response_squad_radio_show/hamurookis_irrational_precepts/63#commentsIrrationalitiesTue, 14 Feb 2006 05:11:18 +0000Sapient63 at http://www.rationalresponders.comGlobal Freezinghttp://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/35065
<p><p>Here's my stream of consciousness reaction.</p> <p>Hey, marketwatch, wha'ya got for business news today? Whoa, what's this?</p> <p><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/global-freezing-a-mini-ice-age-is-on-the-way-by-2030-scientists-say-2015-07-13?link=MW_Nav_NV">Global freezing</a></p> <p><span><div class="bb-quote"><b>marketwatch wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">A &lsquo;mini ice age&rsquo; is on the way by 2030, scientists say</blockquote></div></span></p> <p>&nbsp;<img src="http://lightspeedspanish.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/que-in-spanish.jpg" width="100" height="55" alt="" /></p> <p><span><div class="bb-quote"><b>marketwatch wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">European scientists warn that by 2030, <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150709092955.htm">a decade of winters</a> with deep freezing temperatures could bring about a &ldquo;mini ice age&rdquo; the likes of which hasn&rsquo;t been seen in 370 years.</blockquote></div></span></p> <p>*click*</p> <p>Another news site? Sigh....</p> <p><span><div class="bb-quote"><b>sciencedaily wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">Solar activity predicted to fall 60% in 2030s, to 'mini ice age' levels: Sun driven by double dynamo</blockquote></div></span></p> <p>This doesn't necessarily say that there's going to be an ice age? Only that solar activity will fall to 'mini ice age' levels? Wtf? Where's the source?</p> <p>Oooohhhh, here.</p> <p><div class="bb-quote"><b>sciencedaily wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">The above post is reprinted from <a href="http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2680-irregular-heartbeat-of-the-sun-driven-by-double-dynamo">materials</a> provided by Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.</blockquote></div></p> <p>*click*</p> <p>Yay, finally an ostensibly legitimate scientific source.</p> <p><span><div class="bb-quote"><b>Royal Astronomical Society wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">Looking ahead to the next solar cycles, the model predicts that the pair of waves become increasingly offset during Cycle 25, which peaks in 2022. During Cycle 26, which covers the decade from 2030-2040, the two waves will become exactly out of synch and this will cause a significant reduction in solar activity.</blockquote></div></span></p> <p>......which, doesn't explicitly say there's an impending ice age and one cycle is only 11 years long. So, it might be slightly colder for about 10 years than it would have been otherwise? It doesn't say.....sigh....marketwatch, please just stick to the stock market.</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum</a></a></p> <p>Someone famous once said that any great lie has a little bit of truth in it. I think that applies here.</p> <p>What other treasures you got for me?</p> <p><div class="bb-quote"><b>marketwatch wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">Researchers at Northumbria University, led by Professor Valentina Zharkova, used <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150709092955.htm">mathematical models</a> to predict solar activity will drop by 60% and trigger plunging temps around the world. The last time this happened was between 1645 and 1715,</blockquote></div></p> <p>Plunging?&nbsp;</p> <p>*click* *facepalm* Did you really just send me to sciencedaily again?&nbsp;</p> <p>Google time. Northumbria University? Valentina Zharkova?&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/" title="https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/"><a href="https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/">https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/</a></a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumbria_University" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumbria_University"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumbria_University">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumbria_University</a></a></p> <p>Hmmm, although she's a mathematics professor, everything looks legit. The media just doesn't understand their research. Shocker.&nbsp;</p> <p><div class="bb-quote"><b>marketwatch wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">Sound familiar?</blockquote></div></p> <p>Yes, actually. This is not the first time I've heard this garbage.</p> <p><div class="bb-quote"><b>marketwatch wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">Former NASA consultant and space shuttle engineer John Casey has been known to voice similar concerns. In fact, he wrote a book called &ldquo;Dark Winter&rdquo; in which he warns of crop failures and food riots.</blockquote></div></p> <p>Oohh, sounds hardcore. Google time.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Winter-Causing-30-Year-Spell/dp/1630060356" title="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Winter-Causing-30-Year-Spell/dp/1630060356"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Winter-Causing-30-Year-Spell/dp/1630060356">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Winter-Causing-30-Year-Spell/dp/1630060356</a></a></p> <p>Hah, 3 star rating. Loser.</p> <p>Who the hell is this guy? He's former NASA consultant AND white house advisor, but google and Wikipedia searches turn up nothing except shitty news sites? Newsmax? Sott? Really now. Uh.....????</p> <p><a href="http://spaceandscience.net/" title="http://spaceandscience.net/"><a href="http://spaceandscience.net/">http://spaceandscience.net/</a></a></p> <p>Lmfao! Ahahahaha. Omg, this is so much fail. Even the layout just screams &quot;this is a shit website.&quot;</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/35065#commentsIrrationalitiesTue, 14 Jul 2015 06:48:10 +0000butterbattle35065 at http://www.rationalresponders.comLocal sick churchhttp://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34963
<p><a href="http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/spiritual_warfare_at_sterlings_cavalry_temple_church898" title="http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/spiritual_warfare_at_sterlings_cavalry_temple_church898"><a href="http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/spiritual_warfare_at_sterlings_cavalry_temple_church898">http://www.loudountimes.com/news/article/spiritual_warfare_at_sterlings_cavalry_temple_church898</a></a></p>
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A friend of mine belonged to this church and he has been telling me these horror stories for years. He is still a believer but respect him for bringing this horror to light.</p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34963#commentsIrrationalitiesTue, 31 Mar 2015 03:13:05 +0000ex-minister34963 at http://www.rationalresponders.comGerman Wings Crash http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34960
<p><p>&nbsp;In my opinion, simply because one person was treated for depression all the way back in 2009, does not provide an account as to why one would want to intentionally crash a plane (if that is what really happened)&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32081681"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32081681">www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32081681</a></a></p><p><span>The man suspected of deliberately crashing a Germanwings A320 plane in the French Alps required treatment for depression, German media say.</span></p><p>Regular assessments were recommended in Andreas Lubitz's official notes after a serious episode some years ago.</p><p>The Barcelona-Duesseldorf plane crashed on Tuesday, killing 150 people.</p><p>Data from the plane's voice recorder suggest Mr Lubitz purposely started a descent as the pilot was locked out of the cockpit.</p><p><span>Police have searched two German properties used by Mr Lubitz, taking away boxes and a computer.</span></p><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">'Heavily depressive'</h2><p>When Mr Lubitz finished training in 2009, he was diagnosed with a serious depressive episode and went on to receive treatment for a year and a half, the German news site Bild reports.</p><p>Internal documents quoted by Bild and German broadcaster ARD say a note on Mr Lubitz's aviation authority file recommended regular psychological assessment.</p><p><img class="js-image-replace" alt="Grey line" src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/625/media/images/81921000/jpg/_81921572_464x2.jpg" /></p><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">Andreas Lubitz: Germanwings co-pilot under scrutiny</h2><ul class="story-body__unordered-list"><li class="story-body__list-item">Started training in 2008, at Bremen and Arizona. Training was interrupted for some months - but he later passed all tests and was deemed fit to fly</li><li class="story-body__list-item">Working as co-pilot, or first officer, since 2013. Appeared pleased with his job</li><li class="story-body__list-item">Lived in town of Montabaur, near Frankfurt, reportedly with his parents. Kept a flat in Duesseldorf and had many friends</li><li class="story-body__list-item">Facebook profile suggests the active lifestyle of a keen runner, with an interest in pop music</li><li class="story-body__list-item">&nbsp;</li></ul><p><span>Mr Lubitz's employers have confirmed that his training was interrupted for several months six years ago.</span></p><p>But they have not said why. Carsten Spohr - the head of Lufthansa, the German carrier that owns Germanwings - said on Thursday that Mr Lubitz was only able to resume training after his suitability was &quot;re-established&quot;.</p><p>&quot;He passed all the subsequent tests and checks with flying colours,&quot; Mr Spohr was quoted as saying.</p><p>German media are also reporting that investigators have found evidence of mental health problems at Mr Lubitz's Duesseldorf flat.</p><p>Earlier, another media report quoted a police spokesman as saying &quot;a very significant clue as to what has happened&quot; had been found during the search of the house the 27-year-old shared with his parents in Montabaur, north of Frankfurt, without specifying what.</p><p>Police said the discovery was not a suicide note.</p><p><span>Police continued to come and go at the Montabaur house throughout Thursday morning, reports the BBC's Anna Holligan who is outside.</span></p><p>She says there are concerns for Mr Lubitz's parents, who have suffered not just one trauma - their son dying in a crash - but the subsequent shock of finding out he may have been responsible for the tragedy.</p><h2 class="story-body__crosshead">Axe</h2><p>Based on data from the recovered &quot;black box&quot; voice recorder, Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said on Thursday that Mr Lubitz appeared to want to &quot;destroy the plane&quot;.</p><p>The evidence suggested the pilot had left the cockpit, probably to go to the toilet, during which the door was barred. He fought unsuccessfully to get back in, he said.</p><p>Bild quotes security sources as saying that the pilot used an axe to try to break down the door.</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32072218" class="story-body__link">What happened in the final half hour?</a></p><p>Family members of some of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32047560" class="story-body__link">150 passengers and crew</a>&nbsp;who died have visited Seyne-les-Alpes, near the crash site, reported Reuters news agency.</p><p>They were accompanied by psychologists, paramedics and Red Cross workers, and a youth centre in the town was set up to receive them, it said.</p><p>Families are providing DNA samples to allow for identification of victims' remains.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34960#commentsIrrationalitiesFri, 27 Mar 2015 12:28:27 +0000harleysportster34960 at http://www.rationalresponders.comHindu Pilgrims Stampeded http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34959
<p><p>&nbsp;It does not really state WHY the whole thing got set in motion:&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32082132"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32082132">www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32082132</a></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span>At least 10 Hindu pilgrims have been killed in a stampede during a bathing ritual at a holy site in Narayanganj, Bangladesh.</span></p><p>Police inspector Nasir Ahmed told AFP news agency the crush had involved &quot;huge numbers of people&quot;.</p><p>The 16 quays used for the ritual bathing were unable to cope with so many devotees, police told bdnews 24.</p><p>The incident happened during the Astami Snan, one of the largest annual Hindu ceremonies in Bangladesh.</p><p><span>Mr Ahmed said police were investigating what had gone wrong.</span></p><p>&quot;The stampede involved a huge number of people as thousands of shoes could still be seen on the road an hour after it happened,&quot; he added.</p><p><span>Ritual bathing started early on Friday, reaching a peak at around the time of the accident,</span><span>&nbsp;</span><a href="http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/03/27/10-die-in-stampede-during-hindu-religious-gathering-in-nganj" class="story-body__link-external">police told bdnews24</a><span>.</span></p><p>Some of those attending said that there were not enough ambulances or police officers to ensure the safety of devotees.</p><p>However, officials say that at least 700 police officers were on duty but their task was made harder because the number of people attending the festival, which goes on until Saturday.</p><p>Numbers were higher this year as it took place during public holidays to celebrate Bangladesh's national day.</p><p>&quot;All of a sudden, I heard cries and saw people getting trampled,&quot; survivor Laxmi Rana Saha told AFP. &quot;I lost my nephew in the chaos. I only survived by running to higher ground.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34959#commentsIrrationalitiesFri, 27 Mar 2015 12:24:15 +0000harleysportster34959 at http://www.rationalresponders.comEnvironment or Genetics?http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34952
<p><p>Here is an interesting situation about a little girl who grew up with two lesbian parents. The father was non-existent, apparently a terrible father.</p> <p>As a little girl, this woman, wrote a book called 'Heather has two mommies' and now she is a writer for The Federalist. That alone is amazing to me. What happened to a girl who was taught to be open minded and to have empathy for others? How could she now be a right wing conservative christian? Is it genetics? Did she have a NDE? Is she a weak minded individual who met a more powerful man who convinced her that her 'two mommies' were sinners?</p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/daughter-of-two-moms-comes-out-against-gay-113987192687.html" title="https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/daughter-of-two-moms-comes-out-against-gay-113987192687.html"><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/daughter-of-two-moms-comes-out-against-gay-113987192687.html">https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/daughter-of-two-moms-comes-out-against-gay-113987192687.html</a></a></p> <p>After reading the article I found several errors in her admitting that gay relationships are wrong. Number one it is only her opinion and there are too many children in this world who would have a different opinion than her, besides, she isn't a little girl any more. She has been influenced by religion and politics which has changed her mind. When she was a little girl all her needs were being met. Sure she missed her dad or father figure, and this is my second issue with her statements, but how many single parents out there raise well adjusted children with out the opposite sex being present in their lives?</p><p>It just amazes me how life and humans function.<span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span></p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34952#commentsIrrationalitiesFri, 20 Mar 2015 13:24:00 +0000digitalbeachbum34952 at http://www.rationalresponders.comToday Show had Sybill Shepherd on talking about NDEs.http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34950
<p><p>&nbsp;I didn't catch the opening of the interview but started paying attention when I realized who it was. Some may remember her character on the show Moonlighting. Maddie, her character, is a small peice of the road to my atheism. There was one scene where after they couldn't figure out how a magician in one episode seemingly &quot;came back from the dead&quot;, were arguing, like they do in every epsode, back at the office.&nbsp;</p><p>In the scene David says somthing like &quot;.....God.....there you go, everyone believes in him......&quot; And Maddie sat stone faced not responding to him because her character didn't believe. I have to thank the writers of that show for fostering my doubt.&nbsp;</p><p>Jump forward to today, litterally the show and this morning. So she's like every other actress on the show to promote something she is doing. I missed what she was talking aobut but talked about NDEs.&nbsp;</p><p>I have not ever been clinically dead (although some here might wish that on me), but I have had the false sensation of seeing the dead in my sleep. I have also had the false sensation of &quot;floating out of my body&quot;. But that is all they are, false sensations. These can be caused by mere stress, chemical imbalance, and or brain injury or mental illness.&nbsp;</p><p>What makes NDEs stupic claims is that those who claim it have in tact brains who &quot;come back&quot;. &quot;Near&quot; does not mean &quot;beyond&quot;. Even doctors can fall for this crap. If you have juice in you(enough activity) that is all it takes to jolt someone back. Not dectecting motion only makes someone clinically dead. If you are still in that window and come back, it merely means you didn't go beyond that window. Funny how all those claiming this have in tact brains. Funny how someone who has had their brains blown out by a gun, or decapitated never have this same &quot;experience&quot;.</p><p>Once your brain dies you die. You are nothing more than your brain in motion. Destroy the structure there is no more you.</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34950#commentsIrrationalitiesWed, 18 Mar 2015 14:05:12 +0000Brian3734950 at http://www.rationalresponders.comPope does not expect to stay pope long http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34948
<p><p>&nbsp;I find it funny the conspiracy theorist dickhead at work thinks the Vatican is out to get him and this is some sign. (The same one that believes the government was behind 9/11 and Sandy hook)</p><p>However, not too long ago, he was smugly parading around work saying &quot;DID YOU SEE WHERE THE POPE ACKNOWLEDGED ALL RELIGION IS TRUE?&quot;</p><p>To which I had the distinct pleasure of telling him that he had fallen victim to a Hoax.&nbsp;</p><p>Even more enjoyable, was to watch him insist the rumor was true and it was a Catholic Conpiracy to cover it up.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/pope-francis-expects-papacy-years/story?id=29613744">abcnews.go.com/International/pope-francis-expects-papacy-years/story</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span>Two years to the day after he was elected to lead the world&rsquo;s 1.1 billion Catholics,</span><span>&nbsp;</span><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/world/pope-francis-i.htm" id="ramplink_Pope Francis_" target="_blank">Pope Francis</a><span>said today that he expects to have only a short papacy.</span></p><p itemprop="articleBody">&quot;I have the feeling that my Pontificate will be brief, 4 or 5 years; I do not know, even 2 or 3,&rdquo; the 78-year-old&nbsp;<a href="http://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico/1503/papa-francisco-mexico-todo-paz/" target="_blank">pontiff told Mexican broadcaster Televisa</a>.</p><p itemprop="articleBody">&ldquo;I feel that the Lord has placed me here for a short time, and nothing more,&rdquo; he added, comparing the feeling to &ldquo;a gambler who convinces himself he will lose so he won&rsquo;t be disappointed. And if he wins, he&rsquo;s happy.&rdquo;</p><p itemprop="articleBody">&nbsp;</p>&nbsp;<p itemprop="articleBody">&nbsp;</p><p itemprop="articleBody">When asked if he liked being pope, Francis told the interviewer that he doesn&rsquo;t mind, but that he also wouldn&rsquo;t mind some degree of anonymity. &ldquo;The only thing I would like is to go out one day, without being recognized, and go to a pizzeria for a pizza,&quot; he said.</p><p itemprop="articleBody">After two years at the helm of&nbsp;<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/vatican-city.htm" id="ramplink_the Holy See_" target="_blank">the Holy See</a>, Pope Francis remains incredibly popular. Nine of 10 U.S. Catholics still have a favorable view of the Holy Father,&nbsp;<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/pope-finds-popularity-dissent-year-mark-29579860?singlePage=true" target="_blank">according to the Associated Press</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34948#commentsIrrationalitiesSun, 15 Mar 2015 12:01:48 +0000harleysportster34948 at http://www.rationalresponders.comAlbinos, Witch Doctors, and Body Parts http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34942
<p><p>&nbsp;While this sounds like quite a plot from a Grade B horror film, it is actually true.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31849531"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31849531">www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31849531</a></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h1 class="story-header">Tanzania albino murders: 'More than 200 witchdoctors' arrested</h1><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span>More than 200 witchdoctors and traditional healers have been arrested in Tanzania in a crackdown on the murder of albino people.</span></p><p>The killings have been driven by the belief - advanced by some witchdoctors - that the body parts have properties that confer wealth and good luck.</p><p>President Jakaya Kikwete has described the murder of albino people as an &quot;evil&quot; that has shamed Tanzania.</p><p>Nearly 80 albino Tanzanians have been killed since 2000, the UN says.</p><p>The latest victims include a one-year-old albino boy, killed in north-western Tanzania a few weeks ago.</p><p>The government banned witchdoctors in January as part of its efforts to prevent further attacks and kidnappings targeting people with albinism.</p><p><span class="cross-head">Lizard skin and warthog teeth</span></p><p>Last week, 32 witchdoctors were detained.</p><p><span>Tanzanian police arrested 225 unlicensed traditional healers and soothsayers across the country, the AFP news agency reports.</span></p><p>&quot;Some of those arrested were found in possession of items like lizard skin, warthog teeth, ostrich eggs, monkey tails, bird claws, mule tails and lion skin,&quot; police spokesperson Advera Bulimba told the agency.</p><p>Albinism is particularly prevalent in Tanzania with one in 1,400 affected, according to a 2006 BMC Public Health report. This compares with one in 20,000 in Western countries.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34942#commentsIrrationalitiesThu, 12 Mar 2015 16:08:36 +0000harleysportster34942 at http://www.rationalresponders.comIS Destroying Ancient Artifacts http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34929
<p><p>&nbsp;Granted, some people have told me that with all the crimes this group has committed that it is ridiculous for me to be outraged over the destruction of history. But having always had an affinity for the past and a fascination for it, this just sickens me to no end. Now while some of this could be hype, I am still very pissed to hear of this :</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31779484"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31779484">www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31779484</a></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h1 class="story-header">IS 'destroying ancient Iraq site'</h1><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/81465000/jpg/_81465371_81464379.jpg" width="624" height="351" alt="File photograph of temples at Hatra" /><p><span>Islamic State militants have begun destroying the ruins of the ancient city of Hatra, Kurdish sources in northern Iraq say.</span></p><p>Hatra was founded in the days of the Parthian Empire over 2,000 years ago and is a<a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/277">&nbsp;Unesco world heritage site</a>.</p><p><span>IS, which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, says shrines and statues are &quot;false idols&quot; that have to be smashed.</span></p><p>It not yet clear how extensive any damage might have been.</p><p>Hatra, located about 110km (68 miles) south-west of Mosul, was a fortified city that withstood invasions by the Romans thanks to its thick walls reinforced by towers.</p><p><span class="cross-head">'War crime'</span></p><p>Said Mamuzini, a Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) local official, told Kurdish media that IS militants had started destroying the site.</p><p><span>Reports of the bulldozer attack in Nimrud, an Assyrian city founded in the 13th Century BC, emerged on Thursday.</span></p><p>On Friday Unesco head Irina Bokova condemned the &quot;cultural cleansing&quot; in Iraq as a &quot;war crime&quot;.</p><p><span>Last week, IS released a video apparently showing militants with sledgehammers destroying statues and other artefacts in a museum in Mosul.</span></p><p>In the video, the objects are described as &quot;false idols&quot; and their destruction defended in religious terms.</p><p><span>The Parthian Empire was a major political and cultural force in ancient Iran. At the height of its power in the second century AD, it extended from modern-day Pakistan to Syria.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34929#commentsIrrationalitiesSat, 07 Mar 2015 14:18:10 +0000harleysportster34929 at http://www.rationalresponders.comMH370 DID NOT DISAPPEAR! OP/EDhttp://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34927
<p>RationalPoet......OP/ED..........NO MH370 DID NOT "Disappear". I really fucking hate humans when there is a lack of an answer as to what happened, jumping to conspiracies and magic. Not finding it only means we have not found it. The parts of the plane and the people on it did not magically evaporate. Just like for a long time we could not find the Titanic. We may never find that plane, but that does not mean it there was a magical supernatural power that made it go away.</p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34927#commentsIrrationalitiesFri, 06 Mar 2015 12:56:23 +0000Brian3734927 at http://www.rationalresponders.comFrance and Corporal Punishment http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34921
<p><p>&nbsp;To hell with this. I grew up cutting switches out of trees and getting spanked. I am not advocating beating children by any means, but some brats that I have seen in stores, yelling Fuck you at parents and such, NEED a belt to the ass in my opinion</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h1 class="story-header">Council of Europe 'set to criticise France on smacking'</h1><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31701080"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31701080">www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31701080</a></a></p><p><span>failure to explicitly ban smacking children, Le Monde newspaper reports.</span></p><p>French law forbids violence against children, but recognises the parents' &quot;right to discipline&quot; children.</p><p>The Council of Europe will say that the laws on corporal punishment are &quot;not sufficiently clear, binding and specific&quot;,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2015/03/02/la-france-condamnee-pour-ne-pas-avoir-interdit-gifles-et-fessees_4585986_3224.html">Le Monde says</a>.</p><p>The council did not comment. It is to issue its formal ruling on Wednesday.</p><p>It follows a complaint by British children's charity Approach, which argues that France and other council members are violating a section of the<a href="http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/ListeDeclarations.asp?NT=035&amp;CM=1&amp;DF=&amp;CL=ENG&amp;VL=1">European Social Charter</a>&nbsp;calling on signatories to protect children.</p><p>The council has called for all of its 47 members to ban corporal punishment of children. So far, 27 have banned the practice.</p><p>The laws in France have occasionally caused controversy.</p><p>In 2013, a father was fined &euro;500 ($560; &pound;364) for spanking his nine-year-old son, a case that reignited the debate about corporal punishment in France.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34921#commentsIrrationalitiesTue, 03 Mar 2015 15:20:31 +0000harleysportster34921 at http://www.rationalresponders.comMasaru Emoto: Water Responds to Our Thoughtshttp://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34788
<p><p>Sigh....so today at work, someone showed me this 3 minute video while explaining to me how absolutely amazing Dr. Emoto's research is.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAvzsjcBtx8" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAvzsjcBtx8"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAvzsjcBtx8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAvzsjcBtx8</a></a></p> <p>Yep, that's right, that's the sound of your brain cells dying. And, look at all those 'likes' on the video. So legit! /s</p><p>Obviously, the entire premise lacks any scientific plausibility based on what we currently know, but I had to see what else I could find.</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Emoto" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Emoto"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Emoto">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Emoto</a></a></p> <p>They probably shouldn't link their videos to the wikipedia page because&nbsp;two minutes on wikipedia told me that he is a doctor of &quot;alternative medicine&quot; from the Open International University for Alternative Medicine in India. And, he got a degree from Japan's Yokohama Municipal University after taking courses on international relations. Daaammm, now if those aren't some impressive scientific credentials, I don't know what is. &nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://is-masaru-emoto-for-real.com/" title="http://is-masaru-emoto-for-real.com/"><a href="http://is-masaru-emoto-for-real.com/">http://is-masaru-emoto-for-real.com/</a></a></p> <p>Then, two more minutes of research tells me that he only releases pictures that support his claims, his experiments have about as many methodological issues as a swiss cheese in a cartoon has holes, he doesn't submit the full details of his work for peer review, and he's already received James Randi's supernatural challenge, which, of course, he did not respond to.&nbsp;</p> <p>Oh, and the best part?</p><p><a href="http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/emoto-label.html" title="http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/emoto-label.html"><a href="http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/emoto-label.html">http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/emoto-label.html</a></a></p><p>ohayo gozaimasu! Have a soma wata clystal neckalise. Make you supa happy cause happy make a wata clystal. Supa cheap for yoo only.&nbsp;</p><p>Oh, and a have soma supa powad wata bressed bai munk. 8 oz only $35.</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34788#commentsIrrationalitiesFri, 05 Dec 2014 03:25:14 +0000butterbattle34788 at http://www.rationalresponders.comHBO: Anti Scientologyhttp://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34780
<p>I found this story about how HBO is making a movie which is anti-scientology.</p>
<p><a href="https://tv.yahoo.com/news/hbo-prepping-bombshell-scientology-film-from-oscar-winner--exclusive--161733219.html" title="https://tv.yahoo.com/news/hbo-prepping-bombshell-scientology-film-from-oscar-winner--exclusive--161733219.html"><a href="https://tv.yahoo.com/news/hbo-prepping-bombshell-scientology-film-from-oscar-winner--exclusive--161733219.html">https://tv.yahoo.com/news/hbo-prepping-bombshell-scientology-film-from-oscar-winner--exclusive--161733219.html</a></a></p>
<p>LOL - I like the part "We have probably 160 lawyers [looking at the film]," says HBO Documentary Films president Sheila Nevins"</p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34780#commentsIrrationalitiesTue, 25 Nov 2014 11:02:59 +0000digitalbeachbum34780 at http://www.rationalresponders.comMan ordered to stop infecting people with HIV http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34711
<p><p>&nbsp;Is it me, or is a court simply telling this man to stop spreading the illness or else one of the dumbest things that I have ever heard of. I thought it was illegal in most states to knowingly spread the virus ? But in this case, it seems they are just saying : &quot;Stop doing that or you will be infected&quot;. Also why protect his identity in the news article. Hell, if it were me I would stick his face, name, and address on the news report, along with a phone number.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29168782"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29168782">www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29168782</a></a></p><h1 class="story-header">HIV-positive man ordered to stop virus by Seattle court</h1><p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">A Seattle judge has ordered an HIV-positive man to stop spreading the disease and to seek treatment after he infected eight people in four years.</p><p>The man, known only as &quot;AO&quot; in court documents, is required to show up for counselling and to protect future sexual partners.</p><p>Officials maintain they are not trying to criminalise sexual activity but to protect public health.</p><p>The man could face fines or jail time if he does not comply.</p><p>About 50,000 people in the US are newly infected with HIV every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). About 16% of the 1.1 million people living with the virus do not know they are infected.</p><p>AO tested positive for HIV in 2008 and spread the virus to at least eight people in 2010-14, according to court documents viewed by local news media.</p><p>He had done so despite receiving HIV counselling - including how to practise safe sex - five times,&nbsp;<a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024509443_hivorderxml.html">the Seattle Times reports</a>.</p><p>In a statement, the King County Public Health department said it had only sought a cease-and-desist order against an HIV-positive individual once before, in 1993.</p><p>&quot;We're not trying to criminalise sexual behaviour here,&quot; Dr Matthew Golden, director of public health at the county's HIV programme, told the Seattle Times.</p><p><span>&quot;We are trying to protect the public's health. And we're trying to make sure that everyone gets the care they need, including the person involved in this.&quot;</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34711#commentsIrrationalitiesSat, 13 Sep 2014 16:25:56 +0000harleysportster34711 at http://www.rationalresponders.comThe Pope and World War 3 http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34710
<p><p>While the guy condemns any sort of war in the name of god, it appears that he supports the campaign against the terrorists in the Middle East. :&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29190890"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29190890">www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29190890</a></a></p><h1 class="story-header">Pope Francis warns on 'piecemeal World War III'</h1><p>&nbsp;</p><p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">A &quot;piecemeal&quot; World War III may have already begun with the current spate of crimes, massacres and destruction, Pope Francis has warned.</p><p>He was speaking during a visit to Italy's largest military cemetery, where he was commemorating the centenary of World War I.</p><p>&quot;War is madness,&quot; the Pope said at a memorial to 100,000 Italian soldiers at Redipuglia cemetery near Slovenia.</p><p>The Argentine Pope has often condemned the idea of war in God's name.</p><p>Only last month, Pope Francis said the international community would be justified in using force to stop what he called &quot;unjust aggression&quot; by Islamic State militants, who have killed or displaced thousands of people in Iraq and Syria, including many Christians, the BBC's David Willey reports.</p><p>In Saturday's homily, standing at the altar beneath Italy's fascist-era Redipuglia memorial - where 100,000 Italian soldiers killed during WWI are buried, 60,000 of them unnamed, the Pope paid tribute to the victims of all wars.</p><p>&quot;Humanity needs to weep, and this is the time to weep,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a third war, one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction,&quot; he said.</p><p>The pontiff's visit was also infused with personal meaning, our correspondent says.</p><p>His grandfather fought in - and survived - Italy's offensive against the Austro-Hungarian empire, in north-east Italy in 1917 and 1918.</p><p>In recent months the Pope has called for an end to conflicts in Iraq, Syria, Gaza, Ukraine, and parts of Africa.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34710#commentsIrrationalitiesSat, 13 Sep 2014 16:21:57 +0000harleysportster34710 at http://www.rationalresponders.comIndian Girl raped and murdered for defending her father http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34696
<p><p>While India has attempted to tighten the laws against sexual violence for quite some time, it seems that gang rape and humiliation remain a factor.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29041654"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29041654">www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29041654</a></a></p><h1 class="story-header">Indian girl 'humiliated' by village elders found dead</h1><p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">The semi-naked body of a teenage girl who was allegedly humiliated by village elders for protesting against her father's harassment has been found near a railway track in eastern India.</p><p>Police suspect the 15-year-old girl in West Bengal was raped and murdered.</p><p>Her family said she was made to spit on the ground and lick it up - an act considered a grave form of humiliation.</p><p>Unofficial courts in India's villages often sanction punishment of residents deemed to have violated local codes.</p><p>Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus.</p><p>The government tightened laws on sexual violence last year after widespread protests following the attack, but violence and discrimination against women remain deeply entrenched.</p><p>The BBC's Amitabha Bhattasali in Calcutta says the girl's body was found near a railway track in the state's Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday - a day after a village court had summoned her and her farmer father to settle a dispute over a tractor.</p><p>Her family members told the police that the elders &quot;threatened the girl with dire consequences&quot; when she protested against the &quot;harassment of her father&quot; by the village court.</p><p>Villagers said the girl &quot;disappeared&quot; when the court was in progress, and her body was found the next morning.</p><p>Police said the girl's family had lodged a complaint against 13 people in the village. No arrests have been made yet.</p><p>Local villagers said political rivalry between the village elders and the girl's family could have led to an escalation of the dispute - the elders are reported to be supporters of the ruling Trinamul Congress party, while the girl's family reportedly supports the state's main opposition Communist Party of India (Marxist).</p><p>Earlier this year, a woman in West Bengal's Birbhum district was gang-raped, allegedly on orders of village elders who objected to her relationship with a man.</p><p>In 2010, village elders in Birbhum ordered at least three tribal women to strip and walk naked in front of large crowds, police said.</p><p>The women were being punished for &quot;having close relations&quot; with men from other communities.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34696#commentsIrrationalitiesWed, 03 Sep 2014 12:15:38 +0000harleysportster34696 at http://www.rationalresponders.comStudent saying that "Bless You" caused her suspension http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34679
<p><p>While this whole controversy is indeed quite ridiculous, I feel &nbsp;the fact the local media is reporting on it, is turning it into a bigger issue than it is.&nbsp;</p><p>Now, this is pure conjecture on my part, but I am willing to lay odds that the student mouthing off back to the teacher about &quot;First Amendment Constituitonal Rights like her &quot;pastor&quot; told her&quot; is what probably landed her in the principles office.&nbsp;</p><p>Now, while I personally am not going to be all upset if someone says &quot;BLESS YOU&quot; when I sneeze, I am not totally buying the fact that term alone caused the suspension.&nbsp;</p><p>I find it difficult to believe that a teacher sent someone to the office over saying that. I heard her talking on another news channel this morning (if I find the link I will post it here) where she is playing the part of a damned martyr and talking of religious persecution.&nbsp;</p><p>I mean, why is such nonsense even reported by the local media ? Are they just too bored to do anything else ?&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://wreg.com/2014/08/19/dyer-county-high-school-student-claims-her-bless-you-caused-suspension/">wreg.com/2014/08/19/dyer-county-high-school-student-claims-her-bless-you-caused-suspension/</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>NEWBERN, Tenn. &mdash; Who would have thought a sneeze in school and a &ldquo;bless you&rdquo; would capture so much attention.</p><p>According to the website momdot.com, a student at Dyer County High School in Newbern&nbsp; was suspended for saying &ldquo;bless you&rdquo; to another student.</p><p>The superintendent of Dyer County Schools hasn&rsquo;t commented on exactly happened, but some of Newbern&rsquo;s residents are more than eager to share their opinions.</p><p>One of them is Thomas Autry.</p><p>&ldquo;I do it all the time, right.&nbsp; My wife sneezes at home and I say, &lsquo;bless you,'&rdquo; said Autry.</p><p>Autry heard about the alleged&nbsp; &ldquo;bless you&rdquo; incident while he was on vacation in Indiana.</p><p>&ldquo;And they were talking about it in Indiana. About the girl saying, &lsquo;bless you&rsquo; when somebody sneezed and they suspended her for it. And that&rsquo;s ridiculous,&rdquo; said Autry.</p><p>On the website momdot.com, Kendra Turner tells her side of the story in which she said &ldquo;bless you&rdquo; to&nbsp; a student in keyboarding class, after the student sneezed.</p><p>According to Turner, who is a senior, she was reprimanded by the teacher, who said, &ldquo;We will not have Godly speaking in my class.&rdquo;</p><p>Turner said she then told the teacher that her pastor said she had a &ldquo;Constitutional right&hellip;First Amendment Freedom of Speech.&rdquo;</p><p>Turner said she was sent to the office and suspended from the keyboarding class.</p><p>While the Dyer County Schools superintendent has not commented on the alleged incident, we were told there is a strict policy in the keyboarding classroom against &ldquo;outbursts,&rdquo; including saying &ldquo;bless you&rdquo; when someone sneezes.</p><p>We&rsquo;re told the policy is in place to assure students are not distracted, especially during tests.</p><p>David Nicholson, who lives in Newbern, said he&rsquo;s waiting to hear the school&rsquo;s version of what happened, but for now thinks the student was treated unfairly .</p><p>&ldquo;Oh no.&nbsp; She should not have been suspended for it at all. If anything, the common courtesy back would be just like, &lsquo;thank you.&rsquo;&nbsp; Not, &lsquo;hey you&rsquo;re suspended,'&rdquo; said David Nicholson.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34679#commentsIrrationalitiesWed, 20 Aug 2014 18:53:23 +0000harleysportster34679 at http://www.rationalresponders.comThe Foley Beheading http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34678
<p><p>&nbsp;The audio is available at the BBC website and they have identified one of the killers as having a &quot;British&quot; accent.</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28867627"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28867627">www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28867627</a></a></p><p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">The White House has confirmed that a jihadist video showing the beheading of American journalist James Foley is authentic.</p><p>The Islamic State (IS) group released the video on Tuesday, saying Foley's killing was revenge for US air strikes on its fighters in Iraq.</p><p>The US, UK and France have expressed abhorrence at the video.</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FindJamesFoley/posts/492189054249429">Foley's mother Diane said</a>&nbsp;he &quot;gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering of the Syrian people.&quot;</p><p>President Barack Obama is due to give a statement later.</p><p>Foley, 40, has reported extensively across the Middle East, working for US publication GlobalPost and other media outlets including French news agency AFP.</p><p>In a statement, GlobalPost asked for &quot;prayers for Jim and his family&quot;.</p><p><strong>British accent</strong></p><p>Clearly under duress, he says: &quot;I call on my friends, family and loved ones to rise up against my real killers, the US government, for what will happen to me is only a result of their complacency and criminality.&quot;</p><p>Then the masked militant, who speaks with a British accent, delivers a warning to the US government: &quot;You are no longer fighting an insurgency. We are an Islamic army and a state that has been accepted by a large number of Muslims worldwide.</p><p>&quot;So any attempt by you Obama to deny the Muslims their rights of living in safety under the Islamic caliphate will result in the bloodshed of your people.&quot;</p><p>After he speaks, the militant appears to start cutting at his captive's neck before the video fades to black.</p><p>His body is then seen on the ground.</p><p>Another captive, identified as American journalist Steven Sotloff, is shown at the end, with the warning that his fate depends on President Barack Obama's next move.</p><p>Mr Sotloff was abducted in northern Syria a year ago.</p><p><span class="cross-head">'Cowardly assassination'</span></p><p>French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius had earlier said that if James Foley's death was confirmed, &quot;this cowardly assassination would show the true face of this caliphate of barbarism&quot;.</p><p>In the video, titled A Message to America, a man identified as&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-28865508">James Foley</a>&nbsp;is dressed in an orange jumpsuit, kneeling in desert-like terrain beside an armed man dressed in black.</p><p>He gives a message to his family and links his imminent death to the US government's bombing campaign of IS targets in Iraq.</p><p><span class="cross-head">Analysis: BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner</span></p><p>Shocking as it is, the video of James Foley being beheaded by a masked jihadist is not without precedent.</p><p>In 2004 al-Qaeda's offshoot in Iraq, led by Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, the forerunners of Islamic State (IS), did the same thing to Nick Berg, a hapless American telecoms engineer who fell into their clutches.</p><p>The group went on to murder Briton Ken Bigley in the same way, after first getting him to plead on camera with the then Prime Minister Tony Blair to change Britain's course in Iraq.</p><p>These grisly murder videos are abhorrent to most Muslims and non-Muslims alike and they've even been discouraged by Osama Bin Ladin's successor as a &quot;vote loser&quot;.</p><p>But for the hard-core jihadists of IS they serve a number of purposes: to horrify and scare their enemies, to boost the morale of their own by showing the impotence of the West to prevent it, and thereby to embarrass the US and Britain, with the hope of making them temper their military actions in Iraq.</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34678#commentsIrrationalitiesWed, 20 Aug 2014 16:33:49 +0000harleysportster34678 at http://www.rationalresponders.comWWI Germany attempted to start a muslim jihad, but failed.http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34669
<p>I never heard of this before, despite it apparently being common knowledge at the time. I figured others here might be interested to see how Germany tried, and failed, to start a muslim assault on the British, French, and Russians close to a hundred years ago. The fact that the muslims weren't interested raises a pretty interesting counterargument to the idea that muslims warring in the middle east are motivated by religion alone.</p>
<p>Germany’s grand WW1 jihad experiment: Plot to recruit Muslim PoWs to the war effort involved luxurious camps, but ultimately failed<br />
Florence Waters, The Telegraph | August 13, 2014 1:52 PM ET</p>
<p>Exerpt:<br />
Muslim prisoners of war were used as pawns in the project right from the start. In early November, when the Sultan – by arrangement with Germany – announced Britain, France and Russia the enemies of Islam from a mosque in Constantinople, the German ambassador in the city -followed with a flamboyant announcement on the embassy balcony, flanked by 14 of Germany’s earliest Muslim prisoners, from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.</p>
<p>Their duty was to deliver scripted lines in Arabic and Turkish promising the crowds that they would take the German jihad to North Africa. Afterwards, they are said to have carried Karl Emil Schabinger von Schowingen, an ally of Oppenheim’s, in a chaise longue through the streets, encouraging demonstrators to loot and burn any shops owned by the French and English. So the story goes, the affair was crowned with a symbolic flourish when Schabinger’s entourage entered the lobby of his hotel and his police escort sent a single bullet into an English grandfather clock.</p>
<p>Full Article/Source:<br />
<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/08/13/germanys-grand-ww1-jihad-experiment-plot-to-recruit-muslim-pows-to-the-war-effort-involved-luxurious-camps-but-ultimately-failed/?google_editors_picks=true" title="http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/08/13/germanys-grand-ww1-jihad-experiment-plot-to-recruit-muslim-pows-to-the-war-effort-involved-luxurious-camps-but-ultimately-failed/?google_editors_picks=true"><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/08/13/germanys-grand-ww1-jihad-experiment-plot-to-recruit-muslim-pows-to-the-war-effort-involved...">http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/08/13/germanys-grand-ww1-jihad-experiment-plot-to-recruit-muslim-pows-to-the-war-effort-involved...</a></a></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34669#commentsIrrationalitiesThu, 14 Aug 2014 16:04:51 +0000Vastet34669 at http://www.rationalresponders.comAnd then there was shithttp://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34663
<p><p>&nbsp;I know you have heard this before, but just reading it gives me the fucking laughs.</p>
<p>I was on Kickstarter just running around looking at all the dumb fucks asking for money for making bacon, wanting to setup a gaming cafe or wanting a new computer so they could setup some streaming channel on YouTube. Anyway, I ran across this guy:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/233930857/average-joe-atheist?ref=discovery">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/233930857/average-joe-atheist?ref=discovery</a></p>
<p>Apparently he's trying to write a book. By the looks of it he ain't going to make it, but his blog is fucking funny.</p>
<p><a href="http://atheist-biblestudy.blogspot.com/2012/09/noahs-ark-was-full-of-shit-animal-shit.html" title="http://atheist-biblestudy.blogspot.com/2012/09/noahs-ark-was-full-of-shit-animal-shit.html"><a href="http://atheist-biblestudy.blogspot.com/2012/09/noahs-ark-was-full-of-shit-animal-shit.html">http://atheist-biblestudy.blogspot.com/2012/09/noahs-ark-was-full-of-shit-animal-shit.html</a></a></p>
<p>I love talking about this subject with my family when they gave my baby daughter a puppet boat with Noah and some animals. I joked that there was a lot more animals in the boat than just four, then I said "and a lot more shit and piss too".</p>
<p>My family members got all uptight about it and I said, "Really? Didn't you think about it?" To which they responded, Noah had help. Yeah, right.</p>
<p>By his conservative estimates, 4 tons of shit was produced every day. Not including piss. Then you need to consider the amount of food must be stored some where?</p>
<p>lol. Fucking christians. What a bunch of moroons.</p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34663#commentsIrrationalitiesTue, 12 Aug 2014 02:53:51 +0000digitalbeachbum34663 at http://www.rationalresponders.comOdd Sunday Blue Law. Coyotes might convert. http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34635
<p><p>
In Virginia coyotes are considered a nuisance and you are free to kill them "anytime". But not on Sunday. Does god not approve?</p>
<p><p>ON SUNDAY
<p>You can't kill them with a gun. You can't kill them with a firearm. You can't kill them with any other weapon
<p>
<a href="http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/habitat_partners/infosheets/coyote.pdf" title="http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/habitat_partners/infosheets/coyote.pdf"><a href="http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/habitat_partners/infosheets/coyote.pdf">http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/habitat_partners/infosheets/coyote.pdf</a></a></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34635#commentsIrrationalitiesSun, 27 Jul 2014 01:28:52 +0000ex-minister34635 at http://www.rationalresponders.comHumans who eat meat are like creationists http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34613
<p><p>This vegan clamis that everything that proves man is an omnivore is a lie, and believe in falsities, requiring faith.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBFjntT0CNU" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBFjntT0CNU"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBFjntT0CNU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBFjntT0CNU</a></a></p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34613#commentsIrrationalitiesTue, 15 Jul 2014 08:46:41 +0000Ownerest34613 at http://www.rationalresponders.comOuija board: what say you?http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34604
<p><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2665899/Possessed-girl.html" title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2665899/Possessed-girl.html"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2665899/Possessed-girl.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2665899/Possessed-girl.html</a></a></p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34604#commentsIrrationalitiesTue, 24 Jun 2014 18:45:42 +0000dassercha34604 at http://www.rationalresponders.comRemember that time Jesus judo chopped the Romanshttp://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34591
<p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UcZFOgQmuM" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UcZFOgQmuM"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UcZFOgQmuM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UcZFOgQmuM</a></a></p><p>Fight the good fight. Paul was not talking about defending oneself physically. There is zeros evidence of this. Jesus and all the apostles including Paul submitted to death and where does the New Testament say they brawled with someone who attacked them? This is the same distortion that gun nuts rant on about. Really how easy is it to twist the &quot;Word of God&quot; to whatever you just happen to believe. It is a really odd book for that which testifies <img src="http://www.rationalresponders.com/sites/www.rationalresponders.com/modules/fckeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/regular_smile.gif" alt="" />&nbsp;to its internal inconsistency.</p><p>Apostle James was beheaded by Herod.</p><p>Traditional beliefs on some of the apostles death</p><p>Peter crucified upside-down on a cross by the Romans.</p><p>Matthew killed by a sword</p><p>John boiled in oil. He survived (like Daniel in the lions den) and exiled to the isle of Patmos and died of old age</p><p>Bartholomew flayed to death by whip</p><p>Paul tortured and beheaded by Nero.</p><p>It goes on. The war like attitude was the Old Testament. Jesus reversed that. It was an acknowledgement that fighting was not this God's way. Jehovah, yes. Jesus, no. They should not say they are Christians. They couldn't handle being what Christians were.</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34591#commentsIrrationalitiesFri, 23 May 2014 09:44:47 +0000ex-minister34591 at http://www.rationalresponders.comRemember when Sweden was held up as a good atheist country examplehttp://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34590
<p><a href="http://youtu.be/o_znVnOizU8" title="http://youtu.be/o_znVnOizU8"><a href="http://youtu.be/o_znVnOizU8">http://youtu.be/o_znVnOizU8</a></a></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34590#commentsIrrationalitiesTue, 20 May 2014 20:21:54 +0000ex-minister34590 at http://www.rationalresponders.comIslam and Slavery?http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34581
<p><p>As we probably all know, Islam did in fact at some point have slavery. <br /><br />Though in a recent argument with a Muslim and a supposed video refuting this: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCLUUwBQOiw" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCLUUwBQOiw"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCLUUwBQOiw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCLUUwBQOiw</a></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Muslims hold the claim that they nor the qu'ran, Muhammad or Islam have ever endorsed/condoned slavery at all. They have admitted that there were Muslims who did own slaves, but these were a minority and were not true muslims or didn't truly follow the qu'ran.<br /><br />I suppose it'd be like saying Christianity never endorsed slavery, just a few christians independentl practiced it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Any thoughts on this?&nbsp;It was to my knowledge that Islam did in fact endorse it and Muhammad allowed it.</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34581#commentsIrrationalitiesSat, 26 Apr 2014 23:10:20 +0000Dmasterman34581 at http://www.rationalresponders.comDavid Barton's Hypocrisy http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34571
<p><a href="http://youtu.be/XTO3CWwFRbo" title="http://youtu.be/XTO3CWwFRbo"><a href="http://youtu.be/XTO3CWwFRbo">http://youtu.be/XTO3CWwFRbo</a></a></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34571#commentsIrrationalitiesThu, 20 Mar 2014 03:00:18 +0000ex-minister34571 at http://www.rationalresponders.comMust You Be Religous To Be Moralhttp://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34569
<p><a href="http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/must-you-be-religious-to-be-moral-a-worldwide-survey-and-its-lesson/" title="http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/must-you-be-religious-to-be-moral-a-worldwide-survey-and-its-lesson/"><a href="http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/must-you-be-religious-to-be-moral-a-worldwide-survey-and-its-lesson/">http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/03/19/must-you-be-religious-to-be-moral-a-worldwide-survey-and-its-lesson/</a></a></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34569#commentsIrrationalitiesWed, 19 Mar 2014 15:50:51 +0000ex-minister34569 at http://www.rationalresponders.comJustication for Onan's Punishment? I Don't Think Sohttp://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34560
<p><p>I have used the search engine tpo find out about the irrational Biblical story of Onan and Tamar. It has been discussed, yes, but I have something even more irrational.</p><p>According to Tekton Ministries (heheh), God's punishment of Onan was justifiable in a socio-cultural context.</p><p><a href="http://www.tektonics.org/lp/onanbash.php"><a href="http://www.tektonics.org/lp/onanbash.php">http://www.tektonics.org/lp/onanbash.php</a></a></p><p>I've been doing some dismantling of it myself, but I'd like to know what others here think about the posted article.</p><p>(Note: please read the article all the way through before critiquing it. It's very short. Oh, and don't forget the cheap, limited animation video that accompanies it.)</p></p>http://www.rationalresponders.com/forum/34560#commentsIrrationalitiesMon, 03 Mar 2014 19:18:20 +0000MrC34560 at http://www.rationalresponders.com